Humans and multitasking - How much can we do simultaneously? | DW Documentary

Multitasking is good for your brain, it trains it.

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The boat VR looks fun and physical.

I would've liked to see the results of the woman driving and texting/answering calls.

This one is so good! Informative and efficient!

Sheikh Thambi Pavalar known as Sathavathani, which means, one who has a grasp on hundred different aspects of knowledge at a moment. On 10 March 1907 he performed Sathavathanam Programme, in the presence of scholars like V. Kalyanasundaram (Thiru.Vi.Ka) at Madras Victoria Town hall and got appreciation. He was given the title 'Mahamati Sathavathani' by Thanjai Sathavathani Subramanya Iyer.He hailed from Edalakudi a place in kanyakumar district , Tamilnad, India. 🎉

yes are you breathing and talking? lol. so muscle memory it seems like your focused on one thing but your not. your brain can put an entire paragraph or book or subject into a "feeling" a single point in your brain you can use this to do all kinds of shit.

im still cannot be capable to find the soulation

Thank you for another interesting and useful documentary

I can pee and put toothpaste on toothbrush at same time. I happy to say i never once pee'd in the sink nor put toothpaste anywhere other than on the brush. >_<

I have TV and Music on. Am productive this way. In silence or quietness, my mind drifts off

Thanks for this wonderful and informative video, I am currently working as a Front Desk Agent in the most famous Hotel in Singapore .
I relate to this video on so many levels . There is so much task to do behind the scenes while using the system, on top of that we have to manage guest experience ( Obviously listening and chatting with guest but also getting my fingers to move on the computer at the same time ) the amount of stress is overwhelming even though I have all the tools needed in front of me , the challenge now is we do not have the luxury of time to complete the many task on hand and we are fighting against time while dealing with human emotions .
I feel like my job loses its value to provide excellent service as most of the time we are so fixated on just getting the things done in front of us.
Consumers are also more demanding and less impatient too in this time and age .
Anyway love your videos DW documentary , sending love from Singapore ,cheers !! ❤❤

I love DW documentaries. I'm a teacher and this is great for them to practice and find topics of interest. 🎉😊❤

me learning the rubik's cube and baking pizza while half watching this video. Cool. I agree.

Where is the same video on German?

So what about ..... strategy gamers????

J. S. Bach' Baroque vibrations kept me focused during Applied Calculus studies...🤔

Great documentary! Thank you! As I'm from the educational field, it made me think about Sweller's cognitive load concept

I like to have videos on when i work because when I am actively ignoring some noise then I can focus better. If I have silence, my mind wanders much more easily.

Technically, the brain can only focus on one thing at a time even if you're switching between 2 tasks every 5 seconds.

the fact that the government can outsource american jobs to foreign countries to kids who work 10 jobs, get no sleep, eat peanut shells, and drink black coffee from a dirty sock they found inside of a dumpster means its possible when youve been lobotomized.

I cannot even make a number 2 and pee at the same time.

I'm a commercial airline pilot and I am fine with doing turbotax and quickbooks whilst flying across the pacific. No problems at all.

Well we walk and talk at the same time easily. And drive and talk. And sing and dance. And play a musical instrument and sing. So yes. 🤣 Edit: Half kidding, obviously it depends on the task, the individual, the environment, and other factors.

Yep, funny how i am working while watching/listening to this

Multitasking is easy when you're not on the phone..

I always workout out while watching tv show for 10 years. It makes workout time is not long and I can complete it successfully. If not, it's boring and I easily feel tired.

When we are being expected to multitask on our feet while on the move during our every waking moment that is a recipe for disaster. Like when being told to climb up the incomplete framing for a fireplace chiminey on a construction site when a neighbor is caring for your infant while not having a car to go buy the proper equipment to do so in safety. By a boss with a terrible temper. At least I was with good boundaries when I was refusing to do that kind of climbing with a hammer work with an infant walking around below on the ground. However what to do when another adult there insists that is okay? Like when he in another situation during that working on a construction site for me time insistsed that it is smart to toss a lit match into a huge pile of dry weeds. I tried to tell him not to. Good thing our infant son wasn't right there beside him at the time eh? Something a woman with a body size at the norm for us humans might be able to pull of for only a while when she is in her early 20's. Me and my parents far away had to help me figure out a way to save us all of us there. A situation which I found myself in once. So long ago I care not to say because that would be giving away my age.

I observed to a highly evolved elderly spiritual teacher who demonstrated multi tasking with ease. the reaction person sitting next to him was.🙀 one expects of him a zen attitude.

actually it depends on the capacity of the person and the difficulty of the task

I would say I am not bad at multitasking I can do two tasks at the same time especially helping people out at work because I want to get it over with so I can go and do other things. I use my phone for about 8 to 10 hours everyday especially during the week. I love what I do and I am so glad that I can always use my device since it is an iPhone and I love Apple devices.

The one dude looks like Jeff Daniels

Mothers have to multi task, always have done, always will have to.

Just ask a mom with small children, there’s your answer, 24/7 multitasking for years.

Multitasking == Multithreading

I do multitasking listening music and playing chess and drink tea.

I have the same problem of multitasking, it makes us stupid and causes mistake and add more problem into problem 😀🤣😂

Really... It has only taken, what, 20 years to figure this out. There were then 20 years of people try to multitask. The same universities and institutions that told us to multitask are now telling us that 'we' have been doing it wrong. Well we did it 'wrong' because we were taught, told and forced to do it. Where is responsibility for this problem.

Open-plan offices are beyond horrendous to concentrate and work in, all the auditory and visual stimulations decrease productivity while raising cortisol levels and at the same time increasing low-level anxiety. They are psychologically, cognitively, emotionally and physically unhealthy. The only music I could ever listen to over my headphones to drown out the constant chatter was binaural beats, and definitely nothing with vocals.

This documentary is a pile of nonsense terms ("flow experience", etc.) invented in the marketing department of you economics faculty. Waste of time, just move on.

My favorite SCIENFIELD episode was when Kramer washing his head of lettuce 🥬 while in his shower 🚿😂
when I have a long chore in the kitchen, preparing complicated recipes, I listen to audiobooks, that's my multitasking 😅. I like to swim because it made focus on the moment, sometimes great ideas 💡 pop up during my lap swim!

I do the bare minimum to stay alive, maintain a small social network, enjoy a moderate priced meal out on the weekends, and take a trip every 1-2 years. There is no sense in giving myself any more anxiety and stress, the climate change catastrophe and perilous state of modern civilization is enough for me to deal with.

Very informative🙂

Multitasking damages the brain 🧠 But who cares.

Stop being hypocrite

Multitasking is not really a thing for us humans. The brain is not designed to do many tasks at the same time, unlike a computer who does it.

I agree on the point that the productivity of studying while listening to music depends on the content, the Subject and the kind of the excercise.

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I'm running a company alone, business development, production services, teaching,
Including working on its three sisters company at the same time. (Building, branding, development, marketing, content creating)

Love multitasking, does it good for the brain?

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